ballas

See also: Ballas

English

Noun

ballas (plural ballases)

1. (mineralogy) A spherical aggregate of small diamond grains that have a radial or granular structure.
   • 1987, L. F. Vereshchagin, Synthetic Diamonds and Hydrostatic Extrusion, Selected Papers, page 89:

     Ballases with smooth even surface yield X-ray patterns of rings only, without noticeable spots or with very small spots, which is an evidence of a fine-ray radial structure of these spherulites.

Noun

ballas

1. plural of balla

Albanian

Etymology

A Gheg term, an -as enlargement of ballë.

Verb

ballas (aorist ballita, participle ballitur)

1. (Gheg) to face danger

Synonyms

• përball

Related terms

• ballë
• përbalcë

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: balla, ballât

Verb

ballas

1. second-person singular past historic of baller

Maltese

Root
b-l-s
1 term

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbal.las/
• Rhymes: -allas

Verb

ballas (imperfect jballas, verbal noun tballis)

1. to mess about

Conjugation

Conjugation of ballas (Form II)

positive forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ballast	ballast	ballas	ballasna	ballastu	ballsu
	f			ballset
imperfect	m	nballas	tballas	jballas	nballsu	tballsu	jballsu
	f			tballas
imperative			ballas			ballsu
negative forms
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	ballastx	ballastx	ballasx	ballasniex	ballastux	ballsux
	f			ballsitx
imperfect	m	nballasx	tballasx	jballasx	nballsux	tballsux	jballsux
	f			tballasx
imperative			tballasx			tballsux